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Learn from real people, just like you, how therapeutic journaling can benefit your life. Within these personal stories you’ll find journaling tips, tricks, inspiration and ideas that help you structure your journaling practice—and discover the true value journaling can bring to your life.

Find the inspiration to keep going and the motivation to make journaling work for you and your hectic schedule. Learn about these everyday people who made the decision to put pen to paper and how it transformed their lives!

Life Matters Blog | Life Matters, Relationship Matters

Relationship Matters: Personal Authenticity in Your Relationships

Billie Wade

Relationships form the bedrock of who you are and how you show up in the world. From birth throughout life, relationships with those around you influence you. How you perceive yourself relative to other people is paramount to your sense of well-being. Who is the you that you take into relationships? Multiple answers are valid for this question, as varied as each individual and each situation. The question becomes one seeking authenticity.

Levels of intimacy depend on your relationships—parents, other family members, partner, children, boss, coworkers, friends, neighbors, and the list is never-ending. How you show up in your relationships depends on your responses to the people in your life. And your responses depend on your values and attitudes.

Life Matters Blog | Life Matters, Spiritual Matters

Spiritual Matters: Journaling with Gifts

Marie Higgins

This week I ran out of pages in the journal I have been using for a few months. When this happens, it can be a worthwhile practice, before packing the journal away, to look at patterns, to consider...

Life Matters Blog | Life Matters, Spiritual Matters

Spiritual Matters: Spirit in the Round

Marie Higgins

I believe God*/Spirit wants to be in our lives, and we can do this easily, with an attention on being spiritual and asking Spirit into our process. If we believe ourselves to be spiritual persons...

Life Matters Blog | Life Matters, Relationship Matters

Relationship Matters: Healthy Relationships 101

Billie Wade

Relationships come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and meanings. You may most often think of romantic or marital when someone mentions relationships. But there is a whole gamut along the relationship...

Life Matters Blog | Money Matters, Life Matters, Prosperity Matters, Financial Freedom Matters

Financial Freedom Matters: Money Impacts Americans' Mental Health - 8 Steps To Financial Security

Bash Sarmiento

It's no secret that money can be a major source of stress in a person's life. But did you know that it can also have a significant impact on your mental health? According to a recent study, an...

Life Matters Blog | Life Matters, Spiritual Matters

Spiritual Matters: The Spiritual Benefits of Journaling

Martin Thielen

This article originally ran October 28, 2022 on the Spirituality & Health site

Feel relaxed and connected after spending time writing down your thoughts and feelings? You have unknowingly tapped...

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Spiritual Matters: Journaling in the Biggest Big Book

Marie Higgins

I’ve learned that the manual for Alcoholics Anonymous is known as the “Big Book,” and I understand one of the reasons why: it has helped millions arrive at and live in recovery. That’s pretty...

Life Matters Blog | Self Matters, Life Matters, Self-Love Matters

Self-Love Matters: Self-Intimacy and Five Ways to Nourish It

Billie Wade

The words “intimate” and “intimacy,” conjure up scenarios of sexual or at least romantic relationships. What about a relationship with yourself? Sexual? Possibly. Romantic? Could be. Selfish? Not at...

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